Like artworks made by very young children and those experiencing psychoses, Congo’s work makes us believe in the much maligned concept of originality in art. Functioning beyond cultural ...

Eventually, Morris let Congo paint. While he never made any representational art, he did appear to have some chops when it came to abstract work, favoring a radiating fan pattern. “It was truly ...

“Art is a matter of life in Congo,” Gómez told Artnet News. “The artists give everything to their art because it is through their imagination that they have found a way to reverse [the ...

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand to attention in a clearing. Their handlers, puppeteers dressed in black, begin ...

One of the most inspirational things about “Ancestors of Congo Square: African Art in the New Orleans Museum of Art” is that, when the exhibit is over July 17, all the hauntingly wonderful ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) What kind of art is left behind by totalitarian regimes? A new free-to-read book called Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence explores the visual ...

Mbula, also from DR Congo’s work is deeply a personal journey, exploring the complexities of the human experience through abstract expressionism and figurative art. “I delve into the emotions ...

The controversy highlighted tensions between Western art museums displaying artifacts ... or NFTs — and sell them to raise funds and buy back land in Congo. To create the NFT, the White Cube ...

Ruth Sacks receives funding from the National Arts Council for research in the Congo conducted while undergoing a PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand. Years ago, while I was in Belgium on ...